CSU, Fort Collins to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 19, 2013

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| By Coloradoan staff

Starting Monday and running throughout the week, Colorado State University and community partners will celebrate the “Faces of Freedom: Past, Present, Future” in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

• Monday: Festivities kick off at 1 p.m., with the community march from Old Town Square to the Lory Student Center on CSU’s campus. Transportation back to Old Town will be available.

Traffic will be restricted during the march, including delays along portions of College Avenue and Mountain, Oak, Olive, Magnolia, Mulberry, Myrtle, Laurel, Mason and Howes streets. Parking in city garages — located at Remington and Mountain streets, and at Mason and LaPorte Avenue — will be free Monday. Two-hour parking restrictions in Old Town won’t apply.

Following the march is a celebration in the Lory Student Center Main Ballroom starting at 1:45 p.m. Poudre School District students will read essays and poetry; attendees can later peruse a volunteer fair.

• Friday: A free interactive workshop, Dialogues on Diversity: “Fun Finding Out What You Don’t Know,” gives participants the opportunity to explore social cultural similarities and differences through a series of games and exercises. The workshop is from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Lory Student Center Room 210.

Concluding this year’s celebration is “The Black Jew Dialogues,” a live stand-up performance by Larry Tish and Ron Jones. The event begins at 8 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Theatre and is free and open to the public.